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APRIL, 30 Days.
XXIXth Year, IIId and IVth Moons.
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The thick fogs which begin to disappear towards the end of March are in April seldonis ever seen. The atmosphere, however, continues damp, and rainy days are not unfrequent. At the same time, the thermometer gradually rises, and the nearer approach of the sun renders that heat more perceptible In this and the summer months, southerly winds generally prevail; frequently, however, they veer to the eastward.
Days of Days of
month.
moon.
1 S
9
10
2 m
3 t 11
4 w
5
t
6 f
Chronicle of events in China, &c.
Palm Sunday.
Confucius died, æt. 72, B. &. 429. Queen of Portugal born, 1819.
13 Kwoh Síping strangled at Macao, 1838.
14
7
15
S
16
9 m
17
10 t
18
11 w
19
12 t
20
13 f
21
14 s*
22
15
23
16 m
24
117 t
25
18 w
26
27
28
1
The emperor's annual ploughing. Sir John Davis makes an arrangement with Kíying, 1847.—Good Friday:
Easter Sunday.
Kiying appointed imperial commissioner, 1842. H. B. M. commission returned to Canton, 1837.
Yishan, Lungwan, and Kí Kung arrived in Canton,
1841.
Long Sunday.
19 t * 20 f.
21 s
23 m
24
37 2 *****.2 .
t
25 w
26 t
29
30
1
2
3
5
5
First steamer, the Forbes, reaches China, 1830.
E. I. Company ceased to trade with China, 1834. Second Sunday after Easter.
FOURTH MOON. St. George.
30 m
6-
Third Sunday after Easter.
Captain (now hon. major) Caine appointed chief
magistrate of Hongkong, 1841.
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